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Post by Doubar on Mar 19, 2013 15:54:07 GMT -5
MJ: Oh, so true about Marguerite. Though I guess this initial attitude of hers was what irked me at the beginning. But once I understood that things are not quite as easy with her and that there's reason as to what she does I began to like her much. Same with Roxton btw... found him pretty annoying at the beginning but more and more likable as the show progressed.  Lol, I had already forgotten about that. xD And as for Pride & Prejudice... aye, that might just be it. That you like best the version you watched first because both are too similar to stand alone (they capture the same novel after all) and yet too different. I for one like the time setting in the movie, because the other one (though more true to the story and more realistic probably) is just so... ah, those clothes ... I just can't take anyone seriously who looks like that. *shifty eyes* Haha, I do grant you that though... the scene you described seems pretty hilarious. ;D *high fives*  And thanx for giving me the link.  I'll sure check it out at one point.  As for Red Dwarf though... don't know if I'm the best person to make a suggestion there because I absolutely love that show! Got hooked on it last year during my trip to England and have since then bought all the seasons on DVD and two of the three books. So I guess it won't surprise you if I say that it's absolutely worth it - even though the first seasons are so old. ;D Seriously though, it depends on what kind of humour you like. Coz it's a rather light hearted one, very crazy and the characters are all oddballs. The old sets are very simple of course and all in all it gives a very B-movie kind of atmosphere but tell you what? It makes it all the more charming! The show lives from the characters and that's what makes it special. And I could just chew you an ear off about it all, but I will cut it down to: feel encouraged to watch some more eps. At first I, too, wasn't entirely convinced but after a few eps I was totally addicted and am still. ;D @sinbad: Hum, West Wing... Have heard quite some good stuff about it but never watched it so far. It's about how politics works, right?
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Post by Ashven on Mar 20, 2013 2:23:18 GMT -5
Never saw this thread originally.. My, hands down, fav fictional couple is probably blatantly obvious but..  Nate and Elena from Uncharted. Not many couples can claim to have narrowly escaping death while saving the world (In a way), getting married on impulse, ruining said marriage within a year, ignoring each other for months, spending weeks together narrowly avoiding death again while still pissed off at each other , and still managing to reconcile by the end of it all. .. Not that he won't screw it up again.. 'cause.. you know he will. XP |
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Post by banmaixanh on Mar 20, 2013 8:30:18 GMT -5
Why I haven't seen this thread before? I must admit I know only few couples you mentioned not say about love them.  Here's my list: Couples: - The condor heroes (ver 1995) (TV show and novel): Duong Qua/Tieu Long Nu  - Aventures of Sinbad (TV show): Maeve/Sinbad ( I think you don't need the pic of them   - Dong yi (TV show): Queen In hyun/King Suk Jong   - The golden path (TV show): Jin Long and his wife (sorry I have no pic of them ) - Doreamon (comic): Nobita/Xuka  (They're just 9 years old kids but their love is very famous and beautiful in fan's eyes. ) Friendship: - Journey to the west (TV show, animated cartoon, novel) (all)  Especially: Ton Ngo Khong/ Tru Bat Gioi  - Doreamon (comic) (all)  Especially: Doreamon/Nobita  That's what I LOVE only. About what I like, if I list them down it'll be a very long list because I started watching love show since I was 6 ( ;D ) but here are some of them: - Adventures of Sinbad: Bryn/Doubar, Rumina/Dermott - The golden path: Jin Long/Lin Fi - Dong Yi: King Suk Jong/Dong Yi - Luong Son Ba - Chuc Anh Dai: Luong Son Ba/Chuc Anh Dai - ........ You may be suprised with "the golden path" and "Dong yi". The truth is in "Dong Yi" the king has never loved the queen. It's only the Queen who loves him until she dies. Only at the end when the Queen dies, the King hugs her in his arms and says sorry. For what? It's too late. The love of the King and Dong Yi is so beautiful and makes me laugh a lot watching them and I should love them but the tears of the queen breaks my heart and I just simply love my Queen more. The same thing happens in "The golden path" Jin Long doesn't really love his wife or he didn't love her at the first place. The love of Jin Long and Lin Fi is also romantic, beautiful and sad. But the relationship between Jin Long and his wife is also the painful and beautiful one. I cried when his wife died and Jin Long killed himself. At the end a lot of people still argue that who is the woman Jin Long really loves. I don't know the answer but I know his wife is the only reason for him to keep living. |
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Post by Doubar on Apr 1, 2013 8:27:02 GMT -5
@ash: Wow, now I guess that at least those two never get bored, eh? ;D @ban: Oooh, I remember you talking about the Condor Heroes, and the Queen does seem familiar, too. Those two couples really look awesome. Ehehe, I know what you mean. ;D Many of the couples that I listed, too, rather qualify as "like" rather than "love". If I had to narrow it down to those I *really* ship it would be: - Sinbad/Maeve & Doubar/Bryn - Sam/Jack - Olivia/Peter ^^ Aww, and really? Rumina and Dermott. Now that's interesting. Aww, but now that's sad.  Still I can imagine that the love of Queen is a really beautiful one and well portrayed, too. |
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Post by Doubar on Sept 1, 2013 5:42:19 GMT -5
Whee, seems I have to add another one to the list. ;D Just recently (and finally!) started watching Doctor Who. It's been on my to-try-out-list for a long while now and finally I got around to watching the first seasons of the new series. And while at first I was rather sceptical about either of them, I now absolutely adore the 9th Doctor and Rose.  Seriously, they've got such an amazing chemistry together. They brawl and challenge each other, and yet they just care so much, it's nothing but endearing. Sometimes they even remind me a bit of Maeve and Sinbad in that regard, and I realized that most likely that was why I loved them so much when I read the heading of one of the extras on the DVD: "Like an old married couple". And just like Maeve and Sinbad, that's what Nine and Rose are sometimes. ;D My only problem with them is, that there's only one season with them, because then a new actor took over. And while I've really grown to like his incarnation of the Doctor as well (and he and Rose actually make for a cute couple, too), Nine and Rose will always be my favourite. |
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Post by manche on Sept 1, 2013 8:37:07 GMT -5
My favourite couples from this tv series, i mentioned it for a few times but i can repeat it once more time:
Maeve/Sinbad, Doubar/Bryn, Firouz/Velda
From the different tv series:
Fox Mulder / Dana Scully (The X Files)
John Dogget / Monica Rayes (The X Files)
Jack O'Neill / Sam Carter (Stargate SG1)
John Sheppard / Elizabeth Weir (Stargate Atlantis)
Rodney McKay / Jennifer Keller (Stargate Atlantis)
Barney Stinson / Robin Scherbatsky (How I met you mother)
Chandler Bing / Monica Geller (Friends)
Harvey Kinkle / Sabrina Spellman (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch)
Maxwell Sheffield / Fran Fine (The Nanny)
Nick Stokes / Sofia Curtis (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
Robert Chase / Allison Cameron (House M.D.)
Randy Disher / Sharona Flemming (Monk)
Marguerite Krux / John Roxton (The lost world)
I watch tv series more often than movies so i have not many favourite couples in movies.
I read a comment about Rick and Evy from The Mummy, I agree that they have the great chemistry, but the third movie was very disturbing because of the change of one actor, it killed the whole chemistry between them.
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Post by Doubar on Sept 1, 2013 8:44:42 GMT -5
I agree that they have the great chemistry, but the third movie was very disturbing because of the change of one actor, it killed the whole chemistry between them. I couldn't have said it any better! I guess the comment was from me, because I added the two to the list - complete with a note that the Evie from the Dragon Emperor wasn't really Evie in my books. She behaved in a way, that I just cannot imagine Evie to be like, and the chemistry between her and Rick was all gone. They were just an ordinary couple in that movie, and their chemistry rather that of close friends and not the amazing relationship that the original/real Evie had with him. Whoot whoot, and another Nanny fan I see? I LOVE that show. ;D I only wish more seasons of it were available on DVD. Over here you can get only the first three and then it stops. But mentioning the Nanny: I absolutely love Niles and CC as well. They're so dysfunctional but incredibly funny. ;D Oh, and Chase and Cameron: aw, yeah, I liked them, too. Such a shame when they broke apart, especially since in Real Life the same happened, right? He, I always find it funny that whereas the show was originally about Ted and how he would meet his future wife, it soon happened that Barney and Robyn completely outshone him. Now you rather have the feeling that the whole show is about them, and Ted's just the side-kick. Poor Ted. xD |
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Post by manche on Sept 1, 2013 9:07:50 GMT -5
I definitely agree with mother, the searching of Ted's wife was so protracted that i stopped having deeper interest about it and for me the most interesting plot is around Barney/Robin . (Marshall and Lilly are not so much interesting for me now, moreover, i have never like the character Lilly very much).
The nanny was great i like this TV series, the great chemistry between Max and Fran and definitely yes, Niles and C.C. were also amazing, i like their mutual teasing. And the character of Niles was the best from the whole tv series.
Chase and Cameron. It was really shame that their relationship ended the similar way. I think that she hated that Chase became too much similar to House and she probably still had some mixture feelings towards him. I did not see the last season completely and I know that House mentioned in one episode something about the possibility of the relationship between him and Adams. I want to ask was there something between them or not?
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Post by Doubar on Sept 1, 2013 9:24:02 GMT -5
Oh, so true that! I, too, became rather bored with Ted's endless search and his ever changing girlfriends (though some of them were really rather charming and the story arcs around them interesting). It just didn't catch the audience's attention that much anymore. Barney and Robin on the other hand: now those two make for good storylines. Their struggle to get together when both also want to keep their freedom is just so fascinating. Whaaa, and I hear you on Niles! He definitely was the secret star of that show. I love him to no end. ;D Now concerning House: I'm afraid I can't help you out there. I lost interest after the original gang got scattered. Like I mentioned in my post above, my love for a show usually is very character-driven. I can easily get over a change in plot or genre (like it happened with 'Fringe' for example) but when the characters that fascinate me leave or when the dynamics of the main group is destroyed, I usually lose interest in the show. And quite frankly that's what happened after Chase and Cameron left. It was the whole dynamics of the original gang that I liked so I never really could be bothered to watch the later seasons. Only occassionaly did I stop by then, mainly when there was nothing better to watch. |
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Post by manche on Sept 1, 2013 10:48:44 GMT -5
I have the same feelings towards House, i like most the first seasons, from the arrival of the new doctors i watched it only occasionally, but my father likes this tv series so i have the opportunity to watch some newer episodes (i finished somewhere after their break up, i did not see anything from the season 7 and only a few episodes from the eight season and i was only curious of it). Moreover I started to dislike the main character he behaves as the arrogant fool more and more.
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Post by Doubar on Sept 5, 2013 12:48:19 GMT -5
True that - about House behaving more and more arrogant. I cannot say I ever really liked him as a char though. There were single eps where you could see he's not just the mean jerk, but the rest of the time he behaved just awful. It was his team that brought humanity into this, and when it scattered ... well, there wasn't much reason left to watch the show. *shrug*
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Post by manche on Sept 5, 2013 14:48:21 GMT -5
I agree with you with House, but for me the main source of humanity was Wilson and sometimes i did not understand why he is still the friend of House.
The original team was fine, but sometimes there were moments when i did not understand something in their behaviour and it seemed very strange to me (for example how suddenly Foreman did not consider Cameron to be his friend in the second season or Cameron, i was not sure sometimes if she really has some feelings for Chase).
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Post by Doubar on Sept 5, 2013 15:50:16 GMT -5
Oh, you're definitely right there. Wilson was the most compassionate of them all. And truth be spoken, till the very end I did not get why he was really friends with House. Maybe he just had a savirour-complex or something? Whoa, and right, I almost forgot. The original team was often weird, too - especially when they all semed to work against each other instead of together. |
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Post by manche on Sept 5, 2013 16:23:44 GMT -5
Their replacements also behaved strangely sometimes. I think that the reason is that this tv series used the psychology of characters very much and sometimes this effort was too strong and created these strange moments in the behaviour of characters.
And I hate the fact that despite all problems which House experienced he was becoming more and more arrogant, i think the opposite would be the logical result. I think that for example the staying in prison could change the similar arrogant man, but in his case it clearly did not work, he behaved after this as if nothing happened.
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Post by manche on Sept 5, 2013 16:30:13 GMT -5
I remembered a next couple from the very similar Tv series as sinbad was.
Rebecca/ Ivanhoe (The dark knight)
I liked this tv series similarly as The adventures of Sinbad (i heard some complaints that it had not anything common with the legend about Ivanhoe, but it did not matter me) but i saw it only once time and I can not find it anywhere now. But this couple was very nice and again as in the Adventures of Sinbad this relationship had the very bad end.
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I'll sure check it out at one point. 
Still I can imagine that the love of Queen is a really beautiful one and well portrayed, too. 
